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λίνον

λίνον, anything made of flax; cord, line, net, sail-cloth

λίνον [ῐ], τό,
  • anything made of flax (v. fin.)
      • 1 cord, fishing-line, Il. 16.408; thread spun from a distaff, E. Or. 1431 (lyr.), Archipp. 38, etc.: pl., E. Tr. 537 (lyr.); thread for stringing jewels, ὅρμον χρυσείοισι λίνοισιν ἐερμένον h.Ap. 103; ἄλλα παντοδαπὰ χρυσᾶ ἀνηρμένα ἐπὶ λίνου IG ΙΙ(2).208.22 (Delos, iii B. C.); thread used as a ligature, Gal. 2.669.
      • 2 metaph., thread of destiny spun by the Fates, Il. 20.128, Od. 7.198, etc.: pl., τά γε μὰν λ. πάντα λελοίπει ἐκ Μοιρᾶν Theoc. 1.139, cf. Call. Lav.Pall. 104; ὑπὲρ τὸ λ., = ὑπὲρ μόρον, Luc. JConf. 2.
      • 3 prov., with or without neg., λίνον λίνῳ συνάπτειν, i. e. join like with like, deal with matters of like kind, Pl. Euthd. 298c, Stratt. 38, Arist. Ph. 207a17.
      • 4 fishing-net, ἀψῖσι λίνου ἁλόντε Il. 5.487, cf. κλωστήρ II; also, hunting-net, Theoc. 8.58, 27.17; for catching birds, D.S. 1.60, AP 9.396 (Paul.Sil.), 343 (Arch.); λ. δορκάδεια hunting-nets for gazelles, PCair.Zen. 524 (iii B. C.).
      • 5 linen, linen-cloth, Il. 9.661, Od. 13.73, 118: pl., linen cloths, linen garments, A. Supp. 121, 132 (both lyr.): sg., linen garment, Apoc. 15.6; sail-cloth, Ar. Ra. 364, A.R. 1.565, etc.
      • 6 flax for spinning, λίνου μεστὸν ἄτρακτον Ar. Ra. 1347, cf. PRev.Laws 39.7 (iii B. C.), etc.; λ. Καρπάσιον asbestos, Paus. 1.26.7.
    • II the plant flax, Linum usitatissimum, λίνον ἐργάζεσθαι Hdt. 2.105, etc.; λίνου σπέρμα linseed, Th. 4.26: pl., ἡ ἐκ των λ. δημιουργία Pl. Plt. 280c.
      • 2 = θυμελαία, Dsc. 4.172.
      • 3 = χρυσόγονον, ib. 56.
      • 4 λ. πύρινον, an unknown plant, Thphr. HP 9.18.6.
      • 5 λ. ἀπὸ τῶν δενδρέων cotton, Gossypium herbaceum, Nearch. ap. Arr. Ind. 1.16.1.
    • III v. Λίνος II. (Lith. linaĩ pl. ‘flax’, with ῐ as in Gr., but Lat. linum, OE. lin, etc. with ῑ: ῑ also in the doubtful words λινόσαρκος, λινοπτάομαι, ἀμφίλινος.)

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